FY 2006 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence/Literature Fellowships

Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

WISCONSIN

Bakopoulos, Constantine
Madison, WI
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

First Stage Milwaukee, Inc. (First Stage Children's Theater)
Milwaukee, WI
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of Smoldering Fires, a new play by Kermit Frazier. The work weaves together the past and present while exploring the philosophy and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Milwaukee Ballet Company, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a work by choreographer Lila York. Outreach activities will include a symposium and a master class by the choreographer for ballet students from the Milwaukee Ballet School and dance students from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$28,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of Brian Friel's adaptation of A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev. The play, considered Turgenev's dramatic masterpiece, concerns complications that ensue when a married woman and her ward both fall in love with a tutor.

Opera for the Young, Inc.
Madison, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a multi-state tour of Orpheus Returns, The Case of the Underworld Zoo, a compilation of the works of Gluck, Monteverdi, and Offenbach. The 45-minute opera was developed for children by composer William Lutes and Artistic Director and librettist Diane Garton Edie. The in-school presentations will benefit children in kindergarten through sixth grade in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Iowa.

Present Music, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the world premiere of a new work by Amy X. Neuberg and the Midwest premiere of The Tyrant, a new work by Paul Dresher featuring tenor John Duykers. Both composers will be in residence with the ensemble, participating in rehearsals, concerts, and master classes.

University of Wisconsin at Madison (on behalf of University of Wisconsin Press)
Madison, WI
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of works of fiction in translation. Writers scheduled for publication hail from Argentina, Colombia, Holland, Mexico, Israel, Switzerland, Germany, and Poland.

Number of Grants: 7          Total Amount: $118,000

 
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